GM says Obama-era fuel efficiency rules not 'feasible': filing

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

ENVIRONMENT OCTOBER 29, 2018 / 11:33 AM / UPDATED 17 MINUTES AGO

GM says Obama-era fuel efficiency rules not 'feasible': filing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) said that Obama era rules aiming to hike fleetwide fuel efficiency to more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025 are “not technologically feasible or economically practicable” and called for a more modest annual increase in requirements.

The largest U.S. automaker said in comments made public on Monday that it does not endorse a Trump administration proposal to freeze fuel efficiency requirements at 2020 levels, and said it instead favors an increase in standards based on “historic rates.”

Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington; Editing by Matthew Lewis

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gm-emissions/gm-says-obama-era-fuel-efficiency-rules-not-feasible-filing-idUSKCN1N31ZV

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1. Maybe they have a point, maybe not, but most full size Hybrid and Plug in Hybrid vechicles already

get that or close to it already, and many pure internal combustion engine cars and small SUVs are getting close to 30MPG or better.

We are talking 7 years from now. I would be curious if the Japanese and Korean auto makers view this also as "not technologically feasible or economically practicable"?